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Thursday, 22 August 2013

Medlar, London

We kicked things off during a recent trip to London with a visit to one Michelin star restaurant Medlar for Saturday lunch. A steal at 2 courses for £25 or 3 courses for £30. We noticed
a good mix of meat and seafood dishes on the menu. Mr Nom found it quite hard to decide between the duck egg
tart with red wine sauce, turnip puree, lardons and sautéed duck heart or the
sea bream carpaccio with sauce vierge, tempura prawn, seaweed and cucumber. In the end settling for the bream he loved the delicate dish,
it was a very light starter and the crunch from the cucumber was great, the
added bit of texture to the dish. The tempura prawn had a very light batter and
complimented the dish very well. Each element of the dish was beautifully
matched.

I was slightly jealous I didn’t pick the sea bream but my
starter was lovely too. I ordered the crab ravioli with samphire, brown
shrimps, fondue of leeks and bisque sauce. The ravioli starter was very appetising
and there was a lot of crab filling which is always a bonus! The bisque sauce
was full of flavour; I was mopping up the excess sauce with the bread.

For mains, Mr Nom selected the saddle and leg of rabbit
with potato terrine, swiss chard and sauce nicoise. He loved the potato
terrine! I found a really cheesy smell coming from his dish which was slightly
off putting for me. I dislike strong smelling cheeses.

As for my main course I chose the under blade fillet with
café de Paris snails, salad, triple cooked chips and béarnaise. I was informed
the fillet would be served medium rare which is how I love my steak cooked
anyways. The steak was cooked exactly how I wanted it, tender and juicy! The
chips were great too and I was happily dipping them in the béarnaise sauce.

We were starting to feel rather stuffed from the
2 courses so we shared a buttermilk panna cotta with black figs, pistachio and
financier. The dessert was light, a lovely end to the meal. I think the star of
the dish were the financiers, they were simply bliss!